New Sodo arena envisioned using giant block of butter

Butter sculptor Linda Christensen puts the final touches on an imagined rendering of the new Sodo arena out of a 110 pound block of butter. (Photo by Joshua Trujillo, seattlepi.com)

To celebrate local government’s agreement with investor Chris Hansen on financing for a new Sodo arena, Seattle-based company Darigold commissioned butter sculptor Linda Christensen to create a rendering of what they envision a new arena could look like. The unique sculpture was made from a 110-pound block of Darigold’s European vacuum churned butter.

The sculpture took Christensen more than 15 hours to complete and was carved in a walk in cooler at the company’s Seattle headquarters.

An image of the arena the dairy company envisioned for the project.

“Of course, we don’t know what the actual arena will eventually look like or where it might be,” said Seth Godwin, senior product manager for Darigold.

But a drawing of the “Butter Dome” had the yellow half-basketball completely eclipsing nearby Safeco Field.

The sculpture will be on public display at Elysian Fields in Sodo on Wednesday, October 24 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. If you plan to stop by to check it out, please leave your popcorn and toast at home.